Different lives: reflections on the women's movement and visions of its future (1987), 1983-87

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Series 5

Content Summary:

Different lives was conceived in December 1982 when Scutt suggested, in her outline of the book, that the years 1972-82 had had a radical effect on women's lives and it would be interesting to explore a number of women's lives from that perspective. The draft book was called Sea changes; the final title Different lives was allocated shortly before the book was published in 1987.

The series includes correspondence with publishers and contributors, original and edited contributors' drafts and copies of manuscripts and receipts for sundries. Scutt kept large envelopes for every contributor in which she placed successive versions of edited drafts. The envelopes functioned as check sheets cum publication timetables recording the movement of drafts, corrections, receipt of photographs and so on. The Library has retained the envelopes. Early papers from a ring binder have been placed into folders to comply with the Library's preservation guidelines.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The originals consignment was donated by Dr Jocelynne Scutt to the National Library in three instalments under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme in 1992, 1993 and 1994.

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